Durham County Court
Reference: CCo/Du Catalogue Title: Durham County Court Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Civil case proceedings and plans
Covering Dates: 1847-1987
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- Durham County Court
- Durham County Court (Ref: CCo/Du)
- Court Minute Books (Ref: CCo/Du 1-16)
- Ordinary actions minute books (Ref: CCo/Du 17-22)
- Proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Acts (Ref: CCo/Du 23-30)
- Bankruptcy (Ref: CCo/Du 31-33)
- Judges' and Registrars' Notebooks (Ref: CCo/Du 34-39)
- Equity Proceedings (Ref: CCo/Du 40)
- Divorce (Ref: CCo/Du 41-42)
- Durham Division of the High Court of Justice (Ref: CCo/Du 43-47)
- Plans of Durham County Court and offices at Elvet House (Ref: CCo/Du 48/1-21)
Catalogue Description
Records include: court minute books; ordinary action minute books; Workmen's Compensation Act claims; bankruptcy registers; notebooks of judges and registrars; equity proceedings; divorce; Durham Division of High Court of Justice; plans of court buildings______________________________________________________________________________
The court minute books listed below were originally selected for permanent preservation in the Public Record Office, London, under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.
These records were subsequently transferred from the Public Record Office to the Durham County Record office following the decision of the Lord Chancellor that County Court records selected for permanent preservation are appropriate for deposit in local record offices appointed as places of deposit under S. 4(1) of the 1958 Act.
Original selection of the court minute books was based on the requirement to preserve all records earlier than 1850 in date, the earliest post-1850 minute book and one book for every tenth year thereafter.
Catalogue Contents
Durham County Court (Ref: CCo/Du)Court Minute Books (Ref: CCo/Du 1-16)Ref: CCo/Du 1
Minute book, 1847 - 1849
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 2Minute book, 1851 - 1853
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 3Minute book, 1860 - 1861
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 4Minute book, 1872 - 1874
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 5Plaint and minute book C - default summonses, 1879 - 1885
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 6Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1883 - 1884
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 7Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1890 - 1891
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 8Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1900 - 1901
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 9Plaint and minute book C - default summonses, 1905 - 1910
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 10Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1910 - 1911
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 11Plaint and minute book C - default summonses, 1915 - 1925
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 12Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1921 - 1922
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 13Plaint and minute book C - default summonses, 1929 - 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 14Plaint and minute book B - ordinary summonses, 1930 - 1932
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 15Plaint and minut book C - default summonses, 1933 - 1940
(1 volume)
Ref: CCo/Du 16Plaint and minute book B - ordinary actions, 1940 - 1942
(1 volume)
Ordinary actions minute books (Ref: CCo/Du 17-22)The following records were transferred from Durham County Court for deposit under section 4(1) of the Public Records Act 1958.
Ref: CCo/Du 17Ordinary actions minute book B, May 1946 - June 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 18Ordinary actions minute book B, July 1951 - August 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 19Ordinary actions minute book B, June - July 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 20Default actions minute book C, May 1940 - November 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 21Default actions minute book C, November 1954 - July 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 22Default actions minute book C, March - December 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Acts (Ref: CCo/Du 23-30)Proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1897, 1906 and 1925
Ref: CCo/Du 23W.C.A. register of proceedings, June 1899 - July 1904
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 24W.C.A. register (mostly memoranda of agreements), indexed, January 1908 - May 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 25W.C.A. register, indexed, January 1916 - July 1918 (1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 26W.C.A. register, indexed, August 1918 - Jan. 1921 (1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 27W.C.A. register, indexed, January 1921 - July 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 28W.C.A. register, September 1930 - February 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 29W.C.A. register, April 1941 - January 1943
(1 Volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 30W.C.A. register, October 1949 - October 1956
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Bankruptcy (Ref: CCo/Du 31-33)Ref: CCo/Du 31Bankruptcy register, February 1884 - June 1909
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 32Bankruptcy register, June 1909 - November 1955
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 33Insolvency minute book, indexed, June 1858 - December 1860
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)
Judges' and Registrars' Notebooks (Ref: CCo/Du 34-39)Ref: CCo/Du 34Judge's notebook: Judge Forrester Paton, Q.C., July - December 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 35Judge's notebook (divorce): Judge Alastair Sharp, M.B.E., Q.C., January - February 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 36Registrar's notebook: Registrar D. Swangren, January 1976 - December 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 37Registrar's notebook: Registrar J. Spicer, September 1978 - January 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 38Registrar's notebook: Registrar G. Nuttall, January 1986 - May 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 39Registrar's notebook: Registrar J.S. Wilson December 1986 - October 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Equity Proceedings (Ref: CCo/Du 40)Ref: CCo/Du 40Suits and proceedings in equity book, November 1865 - Feb. 1967
(1 volume, calf bound)
Divorce (Ref: CCo/Du 41-42)Ref: CCo/Du 41Divorce cause book, indexed, January 1947 - August 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 42Divorce cause book, indexed, August 1949 - December 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Durham Division of the High Court of Justice (Ref: CCo/Du 43-47)Ref: CCo/Du 43Cause book, indexed, January 1929 - March 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 44Cause book, indexed, April 1941 - June 1952
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 45Cause book, indexed, May 1965 - June 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 46Cause book, indexed, June 1967 - November 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CCo/Du 47Cause book, indexed, December 1970 - February 1971
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Plans of Durham County Court and offices at Elvet House (Ref: CCo/Du 48/1-21)Ref: CCo/Du 48/1Mechanical services - as fixed installation drawing, n.d. (1968-9)
First floor, ground floor and section
(1 plan, 97cm x 77cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/2Site survey, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. ASG/1), September 1967
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/3Site survey, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. ASG/2), November 1967 [top right-hand corner of plan is missing]
(1 plan, 107cm x 76cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/4First floor plan rear section, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/3), December 1968
(1 plan, 104cm x 76cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/5First floor plan centre section, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/4), December 1968
(1 plan, 105cm x 75cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/6First floor plan front section, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/5), December 1968
(1 plan, 104cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/7Plan of tank room and fan room, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/6), December 1968
(1 plan, 104cm x 76cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/8Cross section through court, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/7), December 1968
(1 plan, 107cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/9Longitudinal section through court, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/8), December 1968
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/10Office block section, staircase sections, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/9), December 1968
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/11Link corridor details, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/10), December 1968
(1 plan, 107cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/12Details of borrowed lights to corridors, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/11), December 1968
Scale: Half full size and 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]
(1 plan, 106cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/13Internal elevations to court room, by AC Shallis, ARIBA, senior architect (drawing no. AD1/12), April 1969
(1 plan, 107cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/14RC [reinforced concrete] details of bases and columns ground to roof level, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/1), June 1969
Scale: 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/15RC [reinforced concrete] details of walls and footings, by G Wooller (drawing no. XD1/2), June 1969
Scale: 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/16Details of RC [reinforced concrete] stairs, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/3), July 1969
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/17Details of RC [reinforced concrete] walls, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/4), July 1969
Scale: 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/18RC [reinforced concrete] details of beams at first floor level, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/5), July 1969
Scale: 3/8 inch and 3/4 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/19RC [reinforced concrete] details of beams at roof level, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/6), July 1969
Scale: 3/8 inch and 3/4 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/20First floor and roof beams, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/6), July 1969
Scale: 3/8 inch and 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Includes sketch showing where bars to be moved into slab to create recess for drainpipe, 15 May 1970 (29.5cm x 21cm)
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
Ref: CCo/Du 48/21First floor and roof slab, by G Wooller [White, Young and Partners] (drawing no. XD1/9), July 1969
Scale: 1/8 inch, 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch and 1/2 inch to 1 foot
(1 plan, 105cm x 80cm)
